Palo Seco Puerto Rico Map
Explore Palo Seco, Puerto Rico, with this interactive street and satellite map.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.
Interactive Map of Palo Seco, Puerto Rico
How to Use This Palo Seco, Puerto Rico Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Palo Seco, Puerto Rico. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Puerto Rico or beyond.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Palo Seco.
Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
| City | Palo Seco |
| State | Puerto Rico (PR) |
| County | Maunabo County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Atlantic Standard Time — no DST (America/Puerto_Rico) |
| Latitude | 18.461056 |
| Longitude | -66.144611 |
| Population | 997 |
| Density | 851.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 00707 |
| Area Code | 787, 939 |
About Palo Seco, Puerto Rico
Palo Seco is a locality in Maunabo County, Puerto Rico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 997. The population density is 851.0 people per km². Palo Seco is located at 18.4611°N, 66.1446°W. It observes the Atlantic Standard Time — no DST (America/Puerto_Rico) timezone. ZIP code: 00707.Palo Seco asserts itself as a quiet intersection of tropical terrain, where the verdant, steep inclines of the Sierra de Guardarraya loom just a mile away, casting long, bruised shadows over the low-lying basin of the Quebrada de los Chinos. It lies 11.7 miles east of Guayama, PR (from Guayama, PR: bearing 82°T), and is situated 8.7 miles east-northeast of Arroyo. The air here holds a humid weight, carrying the faint, briny suggestion of the Puerto Maunabo coastline, which sits only two miles distant as the crow flies. A mile to the west, the Río Maunabo traces a narrow, restless path through the landscape, its waters carving through the silt and stone with a persistence that defines the local geography. The light at dusk settles over the fields in a pale, bruised violet, softening the sharp edges of the palms and cooling the heat radiating from the earth.
Palo Seco maintains a rhythm dictated by the land, far removed from the bustle of the larger urban centers, though the legacy of agricultural cycles still lingers in the quietude of its streets. Residents look toward the nearby Parque Adalberto "Berto" Castro for a sense of communal space, a patch of green that serves as a focal point for the daily lives of those who call the area home. While the horizon is dominated by the looming presence of the Sierra de Guardarraya, the economy remains tethered to the modest, practical needs of the region, favoring small-scale commerce over the heavy industrial sprawl seen elsewhere. Life moves with an unpretentious grace, defined more by the seasonal shift of the rain and the steady, enduring pull of the nearby Puerto Maunabo than by the frantic pace of the outside world.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Reserva Natural Ciénaga Las Cucharillas (State Conservation Area) — 0.6 mi, 150° SE
- Parque Nacional Isla de Cabras (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 053° NE
- Unknown Local Park (Local Park) — 0.8 mi, 180° S
- Reserva Natural Caño Martín Peña (State Conservation Area) — 4.1 mi, 111° E
- Caño Martín Peña Natural Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 4.1 mi, 111° E
- Bosque Urbano de San Patricio (State Resource Management Area) — 4.7 mi, 135° SE
- Bosque Estatal de Piñones Natural Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 10.1 mi, 091° E
- El Yunque National Forest (National Forest) — 20.9 mi, 128° SE · 29k acres
- El Toro Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 22.7 mi, 120° SE · 10k acres
- Rio Icacos, Puerto Rico Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 25.9 mi, 117° SE · 708 acres
- Rio Mameyes, Puerto Rico Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 26.8 mi, 110° E · 1,219 acres
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About This Palo Seco Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Palo Seco, Puerto Rico. Coordinates: 18.461056, -66.144611. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Palo Seco includes the ZIP code (00707), telephone area code (787, 939), county seat of Maunabo County, and school district assignment.
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
